Libertarian Articles

Curated news from a libertarian perspective, presented transparently.

Appointment of Interim U.S. Attorneys

The attorney general can appoint interim U.S. Attorneys to successive 120-day terms of office unless the nominee is someone to whom the Senate has refused to give advice and consent by a vote either in committee or on the floor.

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Today in Supreme Court History: July 26, 1892

7/26/1892: Justice George Shiras Jr. takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 26, 1892 appeared first on Reason.com.

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Today in Supreme Court History: July 25, 1965

7/25/1965: Justice Arthur J. Goldberg resigns. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 25, 1965 appeared first on Reason.com.

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Today in Supreme Court History: July 24, 1997

7/24/1997: Justice William Brennan dies.   The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 24, 1997 appeared first on Reason.com.

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How Airline Miles Turned Into a Multibillion Dollar Currency

How a fringe marketing idea became the backbone of airline profits—and a gateway to global luxury travel

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If Trump Wants American Businesses To Thrive, He Should Get Rid of Government Subsidies

Federal subsidies undermine American companies, breed dependency, and stifle competition.

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My Jotwell Review of Michael Ramsey's "The Originalist Case Against the Insular Cases"

The article makes a compelling argument that has broader implications.

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Trump Seeks Even Higher Tariffs: 'Between 15 Percent and 50 Percent' on Imports From All Countries

Illustration of Donald Trump, a line trending upwards, and shipping containers.

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Boston Judge Dismisses Over 120 Cases Because There Aren't Enough Public Defense Attorneys

After a pay dispute led to a work stoppage in late May, courts in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, dismissed cases of indigent defendants who had no legal representation for 45 days.

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D.C. Police Worried That Fear of Terrorism Could Inspire More Terrorism

Police officers monitor a ''No War on Iran'' demonstration outside the White House in Washington, DC, on June 18, 2025.

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Friday Open Thread

What's on your mind?

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Famine in Gaza

A starving child in Gaza

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Diversity Statements and the First Amendment

My new article on diversity statements in faculty hiring and the First Amendment

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Abolish the U.S. Surgeon General

The logo for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with cracks throughout.

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Baseball, and the Vanishing Art of Forgiveness

A Sports Illustrated with Dick Allen on the cover, placed on the top spot on a winner's podium

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Review: Denmark's Viking Ship Museum Offers a Glimpse Into Life at Sea

On display are five real Viking ships, intentionally sunk in Roskilde Fjord around 1,000 years ago to form a defensive barrier.

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Brickbat: Saturday in the Park

People sit on the grass during an outdoor concert in a park.

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SG to SCOTUS: "District-Court Defiance of this Court's Decision in California has Grown to Epidemic Proportions"

"For good reason, the Constitution vests the 'judicial Power' in 'one supreme Court,' to which all others are 'inferior Courts.'"

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Appeals Court Rules Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order is Unconstitutional and Upholds Nationwide Injunction Against it

The court ruled that a nationwide injunction is the only way to provide complete relief to the state government plaintiffs in the case.

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This Bill Would Fine Social Media Companies $5 Million Every Day for Not Fighting 'Terrorism'

Rep. Josh Gottheimer leaves the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, May 22, 2025/

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Trump v. The Wall Street Journal

Trial of the Century! See the Billionaire Media Titans Wrestling in the Mud! Coming to your screens this Fall!

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Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Is Unconstitutional, Says the First Appeals Court to Consider the Issue

President Donald Trump addresses a gathering of U.S. senators at the White House

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Gary Taubes: MAHA, Ultra-Processed Foods, and Bad Science

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. next to text that says "The good & the bad".

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Columbia's $200 Million Deal Will Placate Trump—for Now

Donald Trump in front of a picture of Columbia University

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Did USAID Really Save 90 Million Lives? Not Unless It Raised the Dead

Protestor sign that reads, "One of millions who starved w/o USAID"

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Treasonous Conspiracy

Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) appears before the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to examine worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

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What Neil Gorsuch Gets Wrong About Judges and Government Power

Justice Neil Gorsuch against an orange background with white and orange textured blocks

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A Beatnik Tourist in Ayahuasca Country

William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg's trip reports form one of the most entertaining books in the Beat canon.

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Brickbat: Don't Come Around Here No More

Two police SUVs sit parked outside a residential home.

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Hallucinations in the District of New Jersey

Is it an abuse of judicial power for a judge to issue an opinion with AI hallucinations?

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Justice Kagan Doth Protest Too Much About The Emergency Docket

Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson could have joined Justice Kavanaugh to grant cert in the CPSC case, but they didn't.

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Wednesday Open Thread

What's on your mind?

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Ninth Circuit Upholds Nationwide Injunction in State Suit Against Birthright Citizenship Order

Judge Bumatay objects on standing grounds, arguing that courts should not seek to offset narrowing one form of relief by expanding another: "That would be like squeezing one end of a balloon—it just pushes all the air to the other end."

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